Annotations-- Let's see if we can get this done collaboratively. When I post the list, you can go in and add an annotation, just initial it afterwards. If you feel like an annotation that is already there needs editing, add your own beneath it, but right now the priority should be getting these ALL annotated, roughly.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Demon in My View, 2000. 2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. When you know too much about vampires, they might just have to kill you.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Midnight Predator, 2002. 2003 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Turquoise Draka is a bounty hunter hunting witches, shape shifters, and vampires for the right price. However, this next assignment, entering the vampiric realm of Midnight to go after powerful Jeshikah, may be too much for Turquoise.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Shattered Mirror, 2001. 2002 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Seventeen-year-old Sarah, a vampire hunter and witch, befriends two sibling vampires, and finds herself confronted with a decision that goes against all that she has been taught.

Bauer, Cat. Harley, Like a Person, 2000. 2001 Best Books for Young Adults. All Harley wants is the truth: Who are my parents?

Beale, Fleur. I Am Not Esther, 2002. 2003 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers; 2007 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults. Cult leaders can change Kirby's name, but they can't make her believe.

Bradley, Alex. 24 Girls in 7 Days, 2005. 2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. The Bachelor goes to high school! One dork, two best friends, and 24 hilarious dates.

Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two, 2005. 2006 Notable Children's Books. Sixteen-year-old Navajo Ned Bejay joins the Marines during World War II. He becomes a code talker in the South Pacific--an experience which changes his life.

Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts: a Novel, 2004. 2005 Newbery Honor Book; 2005 Best Books for Young Adults. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan is dismayed and more than just a little wary when his family moves to Alcatraz Island because of his father's new job as a prison guard, so that his autistic sister Natalie may attend an exclusive special school.

Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander, 2003. This story of an ancient prophecy, a quest, and alliances made and broken starts with a two-year-old and her brother playing in the laundry room of their New York City apartment. Eleven-year-old Gregor, who comes to be known as Gregor the Overlander after he falls with his sister through a grate that leads to the dark and dangerous Underland, doesnât set out to be a hero. But in an alien world of oversized cockroaches, vicious rats, and enigmatic humansââand with his sisterâs life, his own, and even his fatherâs life at stakeââGregor has little choice but to try to fill that role. Also see the sequel, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Scholastic, 2004).

Cornish, D.M. Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling, 2006. 2007 Best Books for Young Adults. An orphan, sent to become a lamplighter in distant High Vesting, encounters fantastical creatures as he aids a beautiful monster slayer.

Cummings, Priscilla. Red Kayak, 2005. 2006 Best Books for Young Adults. Brady, JT and Digger don't call out to the people in the red kayak as it heads out on a stormy morning, and Brady will regret it the rest of his life.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bucking the Sarge, 2004. 2005 Best Books for Young Adults. Fifteen year-old Luther T. Farrell has come to terms with the fact that his mother is a number one scam artist, preying on the weak and powerless, including her own son. Luther's plan is to do well in school, win prizes for science projects, go away to a good college with the money his mother is putting away in his college fund. When Luther's project threatens to expose his mother's illegal dealings, Luther's plans nearly unravel.

Delaney, Joseph. Revenge of the Witch, 2005. 2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Twelve-year-old Tom Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son who has been apprenticed to "The Spook," whose job it is to ward off witches, boggarts, and ghosts from his domain in the English countryside. Twenty-nine other apprentices have gone before Tom. Will he be able to succeed because he is able to "see things," or because he is left-handed, or because his Mam has taught him Greek?...Fans of this story will be eager for its sequel to know if Tom will succeed or go the route of the first 29 apprentices. (School Library Journal)

Duane, Diane. A Wizard Alone: Young Wizards Book 6, 2002. 2003 Teens' Top Ten.
Nita and Kit help an autistic child wizard whose mind is controlled by the Lone Power.

Easton, Kelly. Walking on Air, 2004. Twelve-year-old June travels the country with her father's revival show in the 1930s.

Ehrenhaft, Daniel. Ten Things To Do Before I Die, 2004. 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Ted Burger (yeah, that's his name) has 24 hours to live and a list of things to do.

Eldred, Tim. Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit, 2006. 2007 Best Books for Young Adults. In this hilarious graphic novel, a teen spaceship mechanic learns to adjust to his crotchety new bossâwho happens to be a gorilla.

Ellis, Deborah. Mud City, 2003. In 2004 a Special Commendation, only the fourth in the history of the Jane Addams Childrenâs Book Awards, was granted to author Deborah Ellis for her Breadwinner Trilogy. The three novels â The Breadwinner, Parvanaâs Journey, and Mud City - are set in Afghanistan during a period of constant bombing, when thousands of Afghans were killed and many more thousands were uprooted, thus becoming refugees.

Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls, 2004. 2005 Best Books for Young Adults; 2005 Notable Children's Books. When the Northmen invade Great Britain in 793, 11-year-old Jack, who has been apprenticing with The Bard, and Lucy, his five-year-old sister, are taken as slaves and partake in a series of adventures involving trolls, dragons, magic, and a very angry young Berserker girl.

Flake, Sharon. Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives, 2004. 2005 Best Books for Young Adults; 2005 Coretta Scott King Award; 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Ten short stories focus on sometimes difficult male-female relationships as experienced by African-American teen girls.

Flanagan, John. Rangerâs Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan, 2005. Will joins the stealthy Rangers as they recon to protect their world.

Fletcher, Susan. Alphabet of Dreams, 2006. 2007 Best Books for Young Adults. Mitra sells her brother's ability to dream the future, leading them to Melchior, one of the three magi, as he seeks the birth of the king foretold in the stars.

Fleischman, Paul. Zap, 2005. 2006 Best Books for Young Adults. Dead bodies, a sarcastic performance artist, an English country manor, bored Russians, Richard III, scheming writers and artificial buttocks are just a few things found in this play comprised of seven mini-plays within a play.

Flinn, Alex. Breaking Point, 2002. 2003 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Is popularity worth committing a crime? Is he a friend or a foe? 2002.

Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart, 2003. When characters escaped from a book her father was mending, Meggie's mother was trapped inside Inkheart. How can they get her out?

Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord, 2002. 2003 Teens' Top Ten; 2003 Notable Children's Books; 2003 Batchelder Award. In this German translation, two orphaned brothers run away to Venice, and join a gang run by the masked Thief Lord in a city more magical than it seems.

Gaiman, Neil. The Wolves in the Walls, 2003.

Gandolfi, Silvana. Aldabra: The Tortoise Who Loved Shakespeare, 2004. Ten-year-old Elisa must deal with her beloved grandmother as she gradually morphs into an Aldabra tortoise, an endangered species that lives in the Seychelles.

Hale, Shannon. Goose Girl. 2003.
Surviving a massacre of the royal family, a princess must live disguised as a goose girl until she can figure out how to regain her throne in this retold fairy tale.

Hart, J.V. Captain Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth. 2005.
With his long black curls, a shadowy family tree, and an affinity for pet spiders, James Matthew bears little resemblance to his starched-collar, blue-blooded peers at Eton. Dubbed King Jas., he stops at nothing to become the most notorious underclassman in the prestigious school's history. For James, sword fighting, falling in love with an Ottoman Sultana, and challenging the Queen of England are all in a day's skullduggery. But when he sets sail on a ship with a mysterious mission, King Jas.' dream of discovering a magical island quickly turns into an unimaginable nightmare.

Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. 2005.

Henkes, Kevin. Oliveâs Ocean. 2003.

Hobbs, Valerie. Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found My Self of Steam. 2004.
Left at gas station, sleeps in movie theater. Will she make it?

Paolini, Christopher. Eldest. 2005.
Eragon and his dragon Saphira are sent for training at an elven city but while they are away their home comes under attack. Roran leads the people of Carvahall away but the two narratives build to a battle where Eragon will learn a stunning secret about his heritage.

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. 2003.
Written by a talented teen author, this first volume in the Inheritance Trilogy features young Eragon, whose adventure begins when he finds a blue stone that is actually a dragonâs egg.

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. 2005.
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. 2005.

Pierce, Tamora. Terrier. 2006.

Pierce, Tamora. Tricksterâs Choice 2003.
A new series begins, featuring Aly, the daughter of Alanna from the Song of the Lioness Quartet, who wants to become a spy against her parentsâ wishes.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 2005.
The long-awaited sixth book offers old friends, dark secrets, new twists and new reasons to keep reading this popular series, especially if you want to join in with your friends to try and figure out what will happen in book seven.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2003.
As Harry becomes a teenager, the Ministry of Magic limits freedom of speech and information, setting back Harry and his supporters in their struggle against Voldemortâs evil.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. 2000.

Rylant, Cynthia. God Went to Beauty School. 2003.These poems ask, what if God was one of us?

Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor. 2005.

Sayres, Meghan Nuttall. Anahita's Woven Riddle. 2006.

Sheth, Kashmira. Blue Jasmine. 2004.

Sleator, William. The Boy Who Couldnât Die. 2004.Is there a downside to living forever?

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. 2004.
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.

Sorrells, Walter. Fake ID: The Hunted: Book One. 2005. Chass has 6 days to figure out what her real name is, why her mom has disappeared, and what an old murder has to do with it all.

Sturtevant, Katherine. A True and Faithful Narrative. 2006.

Tanzman, Carol. Shadow Place. 2002.

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. 2003.

Vrettos, Adrienne Maria. Skin. 2006.

Westerfeld, Scott. The Secret Hour. 2004. Times freezes, and the night belongs to the dark creatures.

Weyn, Suzanne. Bar Code Tattoo. 2004. Are you sure you want to be tattooed?

Bausum, Ann. Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement. 2006.

Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. 2005.
Boards: the Art and Design of the Skateboard. 2003. bling bling skateboards
Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl. 2005.

Bredeson, Carmen. After the Last Dog Died: The True-Life, Hair-Raising Adventure of the Douglas Mawson and His 1912 Antarctic Expedition. 2003.

Carlson, Lori. Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States. 2005. âTaco Bell is not Mexican food.â

Crowe, Chris. Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case. 2003.

Davis, James. Skateboarding is Not a Crime: 50 Years of Street Culture. 2004. Culture, tricks, and hot color pics.

Deem, James M. Bodies From the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii. 2005.

Fleischman, Sid. Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini. 2006.

Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklinâs Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentlemanâs Life. 2003.